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Congratulations to the five members being promoted today to staff chiefs well done to you all. Have their identities been made public yet ?
 
Fire branch promotions will take place on Tuesday. Monday was for EMS promotions:
EMS - Kathleen Knuth was promoted to Deputy Assistant Chief.
Also promoted were 1 Division Chief, 1 Deputy Chief, 4 Lieutenants were made Captains.
Beside 36 EMT's being promoted to Sergeant.

On Tues. the Fire Branch will promote 1 DAC to Assistant Chief; 4 to Deputy Assistant Chief,
5 to Deputy Chief, 17 will be promoted to Captain, 4 Marine Wipers, & 2 members upgraded to Supervising Fire Marshal.
 
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Lebby said:
Administrative Supervisors who can't respond into the field. EMTs promote to Sergeant, but have to get their paramedic certification to lateral to become Lieutenants and continue promoting upwards.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the info Happy New Year
 
Lebby said:
Administrative Supervisors who can't respond into the field. EMTs promote to Sergeant, but have to get their paramedic certification to lateral and become Lieutenants, opening up further upward promotion opportunities.
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In my opinion this is the cart before the horse...Should have attended Paramedic school first then get some time in the street actually doing the job then study for and get promoted to Lieutenant. EMS Leadership worked very hard to increase the knowledge base and certification level of their officers and it has worked just fine for the last 15 years. Since the 2009 Exam you had to be a Paramedic to promote to Lieutenant AND had to keep the certification -both NY State and REMAC- for the duration of your employment if you wanted to remain a Lieutenant or higher. Just my opinion BUT I am willing to bet very few will go to medic school and move beyond the Sergeant title.
 
Elmerj said:
In my opinion this is the cart before the horse...Should have attended Paramedic school first then get some time in the street actually doing the job then study for and get promoted to Lieutenant. EMS Leadership worked very hard to increase the knowledge base and certification level of their officers and it has worked just fine for the last 15 years. Since the 2009 Exam you had to be a Paramedic to promote to Lieutenant AND had to keep the certification -both NY State and REMAC- for the duration of your employment if you wanted to remain a Lieutenant or higher. Just my opinion BUT I am willing to bet very few will go to medic school and move beyond the Sergeant title.
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Elmer, as long as they get that next tour rundown faxed to the boro RCC forthwith, everything is fine. lol
 
Per the promotional ceremony:
DAC Brian Gorman promoted to AC, recently assigned as Manhattan Boro Commander.

Joining the staff are:
DAC Chris Ritchie, Chief of the Fire Academy
DAC Joe Duggan, Brooklyn Boro Commander
DAC Dave Simms, Staten Island Boro Commander
DAC Joe Schiralli, Fire Operations

Congratulations to all
 
Lebby said:
It doesn't look like the sergeants will be working the desk, mostly mental health response, PSAC and HLOs.
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Although it’s nice to see promotions I don’t buy into the antiquated concept of Administrative Supervision. Supervision should be one stop shopping not one person who can only do one thing and another who can do all things. It would be similar to having a fire officer only capable of supervising exterior operations. I might be ok with admin supervision in PSAC & Hospital Liaison and I say might because I have not been assigned to those positions so my view is Lieutenant only. The Mental Health Unit involves the supervision of the clinical evaluation of individuals and that is different from what we have had in quite some time. Let me be clear I am not disparaging the BLS in any way but I feel that the additional education you get in medic school gives you a better understanding of differential diagnosis. That being, sick people get crazy and crazy people get sick and sometimes it is really hard to determine the origin of the issue you have been called to address. Which is it and Who makes that determination and who supervises those making those decisions to ensure all the bases have been covered and individuals who are in need get the services required either Medical or Psychiatric in a timely fashion.
 
HFN01 said:
Per the promotional ceremony:
DAC Brian Gorman promoted to AC, recently assigned as Manhattan Boro Commander.

Joining the staff are:
DAC Chris Ritchie, Chief of the Fire Academy
DAC Joe Duggan, Brooklyn Boro Commander
DAC Dave Simms, Staten Island Boro Commander
DAC Joe Schiralli, Fire Operations

Congratulations to all
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Where has AC Ajello gone
 
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